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Miro the little brown kiwi by Kelly Lynch

Miro the Little Brown Kiwi

Name: Miro the Little Brown Kiwi - The Kiwi Kids' Bookstore
SKU: 9781776890712
Price: 21.00 NZD
Availability: InStock

At the bottom of one thick tree trunk, wedged in the dirt, is a large rotting log.

Inside the large rotting log, in a dark hole, lies a ball of feathers. Not a ball of just any old feathers, but a ball of soft, fine feathers belonging to a special bird.

The strands in the feathers are so fine, close up they look like the leaves of the miro tree.

This snug ball of feathers is named Miro, she is a North Island brown kiwi/kiwi-nui.

Read this book to learn all about the habits and behaviour of the North Island brown kiwi and what you can do to help protect these rare and special birds.

Words and photography by Kelly Lynch

$21.00 incl. GST

1 in stock (can be backordered)

SKU 9781776890712 Categories Non-fiction books for children by New Zealand authors, Picture books by New Zealand authors Tags Native birds, Nature and conservation, New Zealand setting Brand: Bateman Books

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Description

This 48-page, full colour book includes a glossary and a map on where to view this precious national bird both in outdoor parks with predator proof fencing and indoors at specially built nocturnal houses.

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The Sapling ~ Miro is a photographic journey of a day in the life of a North Island brown kiwi. Kelly Lynch both wrote and photographed for the book, and the result is like a photo album of kiwi habitat, diet, activity, and threats. This book is longer than a lot of children’s bird books, which allows Lynch to write narratively as well as descriptively and include a lot of information in an engaging text. Writing about a specific kiwi with a name lends a sense of character and appreciation for kiwi, and Miro’s place as an individual bird. The language evokes the senses in terms of sounds, smells and textures in a kiwi’s environment; it’s poetic in places without being overly flowery or unnecessarily verbose.